Wichita eagle., 1887-01-13

] MI. IlGIfi> 4NctI uuAItituttkS tbL@-Ih "a
| have the vote taken tomorrow. but Mr..
| Aldrich objected
| After an executive session, the senate
adjourned.
House.
The speaker announced the appointment
# Messrs Skinner. Peel and Perkins,. g.
,r,uftreeS en- the bill for the allotment Of
land in Severalty To Indians
The floor was under special order nc
corded To the committee on Judiciary. and
the house then proceeded 10 the cau>iaera-
ton of the Edmunds anti polygamy bill and
Fuckers substitute therefor.
Mr. t. 3 Taylor OF ohio gave a brief
sketch Of the establishment OF the Mormon
church in Utah and the efforts which had
been made by congress 10 suppress the
practice of polygamy; these efforts had
been only partially successful owing 10 the
difficulty Of obtaining proof Of polysa-
nous marriages. Congress should take
Tue matter IN naud. not IN a piriI of perSc-
cuiipn. but with the determination that the
evil and wrong of poly gamy should cease.
Ii was now growing stronger and was not
confined 10 the boundary OF Utah. He
fully believed. not only that the pending
bill would overthrow poly glmv. bat that
Il supplemented by the proposed cnnstItu
tionai amendment it would relieve the
conntry from all fear Of it and its c3guafe
evils.
But while he heartily favored the main
features of the pending bill, he was unal
terahly opposed 20 one provision Of II, That
ab,l>hing female suffrage in the territory
of Ujah; but, though protesting against
this provision. be would waive his obi-c-
tiou and heartily support the bill
Mr. Game of Utah earnestly opposed
the measure a. uu democratic, un Amcr
can and wantOnly destructive Of human
rights, and because ii sci at naUghg tAe
/ immulablc principles upon which the com
mon rights Of man were bultumrd, and
turned the mormons and their church over
i To Unsuitable spOlie ; He skefcned the
| settlement Of Utah by the mormous depic
/ ted the persecution 10 which they had b-eu
subjected. and highly eulDgizri the NOR
mon people for their industry. intelligence
and honesty Passing on Ia a constitution
/ al discussion Of the provisions # the ban
he declared that the prescription Of test
oath, pre- requisite to Il man exercising
/ the right Of suffrage, was not oHly o,iiou-
to Americans. bat clear violation Of TIE
Z
appealed to the house To consider well be-
/ fore it a,sented Ia the mouslrlu, pTuprsj-
ton contained in tHe bill r. ligious big
otry and Influences were arrased against
his people.
He denounced the cant. hypocrisy AMI
all kindred p.cksuifiianI~m that joined iu
the hue and cry The platform. Jbe pui
pit. the, press we're ali directed constantly
this bill became q law il would place tbc
Mormon people az the mercy OF men Whose
ubi-cJ N4, Ia plumber them OF all their
earthly possessions and drive them frata
their homes Il Uas nos tbc morals Of tDr
mormon people, or Tie communicating ga
lliences thereof on tine public that was ri
the bottom IF the persecution hls people
had to endure. 1t was simply because tlse
minority could not under the Demo.faiic.
American form Of local government rI.T
the majority. ThaJ tht-e men were her
Clamorug for she disfranch!,rnent AZ hl-
people Admitting for The sake If arsu
neut thai the country demanded tie sup
preston q pulygimy ue c1G'oE.e1 taas d
did not demand ihat the riehts us ei'izen
ship should b. denied the people 81 Utah.
nor that their church should he d+.gcor
p1rat.d and their church property tIlan-
der,-l
Ills constituency has suffered iniqasiie,.
insults and o-traci~in for years. almost 40
cnmplIuin<iy They had bca di-p
,es~-d 81 character b, paid a--a--iI-. aHfi
by a~-st~-its b. mean; that fha-r wsTe yi4
~ h0 roobsd women and children -l
shat alone gave yal.Ie to iile. and hs- leo-
pl, had askei 10 vain for Justice lie az
serted s1t-muly hat 10 the = hole world
There Ma M people DIorc lgya. L. the ete,.
ual trUh 0f lipery as eXpressesl 80 ~
constitution Uf ini. country than his Coa
-lilacu.s. AMI lhrr- would come a time
- uen the mist which sos b=sfoZEe1 the
understanding # the American peop.e sud
their Legislators when sHe TfJgr IL les
erected Is cnarartsr,ss- charisf2us Nuuh!
+ tz. swept away. and w0ea ~. xortis a~oss.I
stand forth maTkeEi clear aU1 l-s!a ard "a
iarnI-hed a. Their iruth Justified Re
a.ks-i The hous. n pau-e. II could Ao; af-
fort 10 take 2 step which was determined
upon such insufficient AID uu;rlsss rofjsss
f testimony
IL pledged BIZ. word a0d bis character
{ thai the statements ID ahich This iegis.a
tioa - - bl@isi were s5f8alt f5IgrasioG IN
fac; Time. tie c,srrsetor q 81 es;is
would right this EToux II SUCH i ~eFe.
and the "a, Of Tie Eternal had already dr
clartz. iiIaf tue i4-i ves1aze u uoyMeassrG.
shall - sSypt 4xaT b the pezCE All pTo
T zrsa., - ev~ufs Is ) siai which Gog 81
( lie wisdom aas appointed shall saTvIve q.
ihe fiItes1 To gentlemen = be- bad free.
frors blndase tAe negro slave. ws0 iDse-
lIh-r1s a8t ch-Fi-.esi tl4e Institutes - ali
. c5unfry. arG 'sts zusgd tsfg1salB tlssH
un-gilled 20 their chil1rv1 he Plsz2jrG thai
1ary sou.a BOT e3s-iSs aI- people u s'lc-
iahaIuaa -.azsrs appizIssi-
Mr. B,-anesf # N=w Yors onf,ass1 ~
b.lL IN sg-asIug 81 the c.4a-s 'ezs'lsTs1.
al fazie iahzhia11s + tzh - rses-is; ABS
- ssezr 30 sy.Is4!d ard oiserye the. la~-
Including tf6> at he -asa T~re ~ asa
70 D. sahj=ef.9 - that s1sie q tAia.1
= hjcs eBs1ezi IL esFpofal's RESIDING Ia
+ decisions II lsze sllpEsE4e cpErl u sever
eiEu sgsle.
Mr. Bed q Maize said ihaf eongr=sse f.ae
the right 70 n3xkc rules 2sd requisites g.
{ the territories A. - fts- tegrgtsfy - [ Al
he a - No. -Ire tie wi-est c0Ir~< s,ssIIs
cot te foT ccn gr=zs u take cogap4es@ c0E
troll q thai territory And ~hy thai ter
riEory, \ long time ago tss4y II Erifgson
ISIS had taken plsses.soE1 - osrtzia p.Uf.r